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The General Manager – International, Brett Walker and myself have just this week returned from an extremely positive trip to the Middle East and Singapore.
In particular, our meetings in Saudi Arabia, which followed up on correspondence and a visit by Brett, have resulted in up to 70 full-time, undergraduate scholarships per annum being committed for Bond University by the Government.
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(l-r) General Manager - International - Brett Walker, Director General of Technology and Education, Ministry of Manpower, Oman - Dr. Abdulkarim S. Al Mughairi, Bond Alumnus and Coordinator for the Minister of Manpower - Sultan Adim Al-Shereiqi, Bond University President Professor Robert Stable
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Our meetings in Oman, Abu Dhabi and Doha were also very positive and will lead into increased enrolments from the Gulf States. We were also pleased with our meetings in Singapore and hope that additional students will eventuate.
The visit was also an opportunity to catch up with Bond Alumni from around the world, with Alumni networking functions held in Oman and Singapore. One of our many Alumni success stories was that of Sultan Adim Al-Shereiqi, who currently holds a very prestigious position within the Office of the Omani Minister of Manpower.
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Alumni function - Muscat, Oman
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Finally, on behalf of myself, and my wife Vicki, I would like to thank all members of the Bond University community for their hard work and support over the past year.
It has been a challenging, yet rewarding, year of outstanding achievements for Bond, and a year in which we have cemented our place as a leading Australian university.
I wish you and your families a joyous and safe holiday season and a bright and prosperous New Year.
Professor Robert Stable
President
Bond University
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Alumni function - Singapore
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BOND LAUNCHES AUSTRALIA'S FIRST DOCTOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
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 In May 2007, Bond University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine will introduce Australia’s first entry-level Doctor of Physiotherapy degree.
The two year program has been developed in response to the critical shortage of qualified practitioners identified by the Australian Physiotherapy Association and various State and Commonwealth health authorities. | |
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NEW REPORT QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF CCTV IN PREVENTING CRIME
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 The report, Crime and CCTV in Australia: Understanding the Relationship, has been launched at Bond University by Professor Paul Wilson and Helene Wells from the Criminology Department.
It confirms the value of CCTV in detecting crime and providing good evidence of criminal acts but raises important questions about its value in preventing crime and public disorder from occurring. | |
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TEACHERS NOW IN STRONG DEMAND
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 The careerone website currently lists over 3000 positions vacant in the Education and Childcare field. A quick scan of the teaching vacancies reveals openings in every state, as well as opportunities for Australian-trained teachers to work in the UK, Hong Kong and other overseas destinations.
Currently studying a Master of Educational Practice, Bond University student Gabriela Pereira (pictured) has first-hand experience of the demand for teachers – she secured a position at one of the Gold Coast’s leading private high schools a good two months before completing her degree. | |
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES
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In this regular column we celebrate the many and varied successes of Bond University staff, students and Alumni.
This month we recognise the achievements of former Bond University Chancellor Elizabeth Nosworthy AO, Associate Professor of Marketing Dr Sudhir Kale, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation Dr Michael Rees and Professor of Law John Wade.
If you know of a good success story, please share it with us by emailing kristie_robinson@bond.edu.au. | |
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| FROM THE CHANCELLOR |
 I am delighted at this time of the year to wish all of the Academic and General Staff, Alumni, Students and our Friends of Bond best wishes for the upcoming Festive Season.
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| IN PROFILE |
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 NEVER IN HIS WILDEST DREAMS
For Bond Alumnus David Gould, a career in computer graphics and animation has taken him not just around the world, but around several worlds.
Since graduating from Bond University with a Bachelor of Computer Science in 1992, the former Palm Beach Currumbin High student has worked in Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles and New Zealand while roaming at will through the make-believe worlds of JRR Tolkein’s Isengard, King Kong’s Skull Island and Disney’s Dinosaur domain of Pangaea.
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